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Type: Journal Article
Author(s): Tomas Naprstek; Juan P. Arroyo-Mora; Joshua M. Johnston; George Leblanc
Publication Date: 2021

Airborne remotely sensed data (e.g. hyperspectral imagery, thermal videography, full frame RGB photography) often requires post-processing to be combined into a series of images or a mosaic for analysis. This is generally accomplished through the use of position and attitude hardware (i.e. Global Navigation Satellite System - GNSS / Inertial Measurement Unit - IMU) in combination with specialized software. Occasionally, hardware failure in the GNSS/IMU instrumentation occurs, however the data are still recoverable through a correction process, which allows image registration to mosaic the data. Here we present a simple and flexible MATLABĀ® code package that has been developed to combine video-based remotely sensed data. It first applies an iterative image registration process to align all frames, using pre-existing GPS information if supplied by the user, and then grids the frame data together to develop a final, single mosaic dataset that can be used for analysis. An example of this method using airborne infrared video data of a wildfire is shown as a demonstration.

  • MATLAB functions are easily adaptable to specific user needs and datasets.
  • The method outputs the combined data and positional information in three separate MATLAB variables that can be readily used for analysis in MATLAB or exported for use in other software.
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Citation: Naprstek, Tomas; Arroyo-Mora, Juan Pablo; Johnston, Joshua M.; Leblanc, George. 2021. ReSVA: a MATLAB method to co-register and mosaic airborne video-based remotely sensed data. MethodsX 8:101471.

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Keywords:
  • airborne survey
  • geocorrection
  • gridding
  • image processing
  • remote sensing
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FRAMES Record Number: 64077